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West Indian livingvase

Aechmea lingulata

West Indian livingvase
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY 2.5
Family
Bromeliaceae (Pineapple family)

About

Aechmea lingulata is a plant species in the genus Aechmea. This species is native to the West Indies (Bahamas, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Lesser Antilles etc.), Costa Rica, Panama and northern South America.

Two varieties are recognized:

Other Wittmackia plants

Wittmackia bicolor · Wittmackia burle-marxii · Wittmackia canaliculata · Wittmackia froesii · Wittmackia incompta · Wittmackia laevigata · Wittmackia linharesiorum · Wittmackia patentissima · Wittmackia pernambucentris · Wittmackia sulbahianensis · Wittmackia tentaculifera · Wittmackia turbinocalyx

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aechmea lingulata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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